Thanks for the help, guys. I won't open it. I bought some other stuff last week, all non-shrink, so that will help me resist.

I can't tell from the scans on the FFC page whether mine is a 2nd or 3rd printing. The price at the bottom is $7.98.

I might consider trading it for an open FFC and an open Tegel Manor (any print except Gamescience), but I'll have to wait until after Christmas to decide. I won't have time to ship it until then anyway.

Here's another Judges Guild auction I won last week:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8732983368

CSOI for $5.50 from reindeergamez. No maps but I can't complain for that price. Plus it included a copy of War Cry (2nd) which I'd never even heard of.

Just getting into the Judges Guild stuff...never had any when I was younger. I remember one hobby shop in town that had a bunch of their stuff. I only had Dark Tower until this week.

Boy is the art terrible in CSOI...much worse than the D&D white box art.
War Cry actually has decent pics!

zhowar1 wrote:

I can't tell from the scans on the FFC page whether mine is a 2nd or 3rd printing. The price at the bottom is $7.98.

I might consider trading it for an open FFC and an open Tegel Manor (any print except Gamescience), but I'll have to wait until after Christmas to decide. I won't have time to ship it until then anyway.

*splutters on cup of coffee and nearly falls off chair*

i think its quite likely that its a 3rd myself. just going back over trying to remember what the differences are. iirc the 2nd i have (lying around someone) actually SAYS its a 2nd print on the 1st inner page. other than that the 2nd and 3rd covers look very similar. i dont remember the 2nd's being shrinked. 2nd's 1978? 3rd's 1979? must try and find my books and sort this before shane nags me more

zhowar1 wrote:
Here's another Judges Guild auction I won last week:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8732983368

CSOI for $5.50 from reindeergamez. No maps but I can't complain for that price. Plus it included a copy of War Cry (2nd) which I'd never even heard of.

yeah thats not a bad buy. if youre canny enough, you can find the maps (fencert has a map set up which i think has the CSIO maps in it) to go with your CSIO 2nd book and then the set is worth something a fair bit more than the book on its own. the war cry book is quite cool, but its never been much of a draw with regards to collectible JG products.

i havent looked at that for ages, but i think its like miniature rules for EPT?

zhowar1 wrote:
Just getting into the Judges Guild stuff...never had any when I was younger. I remember one hobby shop in town that had a bunch of their stuff. I only had Dark Tower until this week.

well bar for the infividual 1st print instalments and a smattering of others, dark tower and inferno, remain 2 of the more collectible JG items. most here will tell you that you dont normally come across them cheap and pristine condition copies will generally set you back a fair bit.

well worth keeping hold of that one chummer.

zhowar1 wrote:
Boy is the art terrible in CSOI...much worse than the D&D white box art.
War Cry actually has decent pics!

welcome to the world of JG as MS states, this is what JG was like. it was a cheap, affordable product, which was amazing in its day. it was a small company and that was always the attraction of the product. it gave you just enough of what you needed and then it was all down to the DM to mould it to their way of doing things. imo, it still remains some of the best ever material out there which is worth collecting....not all of it mind, but some of it

Al

MShipley88 wrote:   Still need a few odds and ends to round out my collection!  :)

Mark

like what....

killjoy32 wrote:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... %3AIT&rd=1

nice win there bri! i had flagged that to bid and forgot

oh well at least it goes to a good home!

Al

I was actually just coming to post this one right now. I got a message from David last night so he was watching this as well. I actually only put in a token bid, fully expecting to at least get sniped by Shane, if not someone else. Shane must be slipping in his old age.

Plaag wrote:

bclarkie wrote:
I was actually just coming to post this one right now. I got a message from David last night so he was watching this as well. I actually only put in a token bid, fully expecting to at least get sniped by Shane, if not someone else. Shane must be slipping in his old age.

Please..I already have one
I'm not one to try and grab every copy of something like others

ShaneG.

Heh, I should have known.  :lol:

One word: TEGEL

ShaneG.

The Gamescience Tegel is quite good. I prefer the later JG versions, but TBH the only thing I don't like about the Gamescience version is the rigid cover and the white mapsheets.

Got Tac Cards...?

(My, that was a quick response... too quick, perhaps?)


*is quite chuffed (UK def'n), really*


*g* And I know you have, Shane, thx